Dana Mack Lenkeit
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF photo.
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions with 401BG. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586
Dana M Lenkeit may also have served with the 750th Bomb Squadron of the 457th Bomb Group.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13057360
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749419
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14058737
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32506396
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18108415 / O-746994
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ol Massa
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Dothan, AL | 8 September 1917 | NoK: Mary E Lenkeit. |
Enlisted |
Atlanta, GA | 2 June 1942 | Atlanta, Georgia |
Died |
Balkum, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586 |
Buried |
Marietta National Cemetery Marietta, Cobb County, GA | 4 August 1949 | Marietta National Cemetery Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Deenethorpe | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Draft registration |
Atlanta, GA | Employed at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/29032261
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952783
https://www.fold3.com/record/84024700/dana-m-lenkeit-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/707760068/lenkeit-dana-m-us-veterans-grave…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3417
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3952629/dana-m-lenkeit
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VoXxAAAAMAAJ&dq=Flak+Dodger+by+Rola…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4586 / MACR 4586, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3417 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database